Seanan McGuire - My Story Is Not Done lyrics

I was born into a fairy tale Cinderella's dust-bin daughter Seemed like I was meant to fail Turning wine back into water Mama's slippers shattered when She turned around to run But I never thought that mattered and My story is not done So I told her, mama, make my bed Make it up both long and narrow Tell the cynics that I'm dead Let me hitchhike through the yarrow Ghost-girl on the median With a thumb co*ked to the sun But I'd rather be the banshee and My story is not done It's not done until it's told It's not told until it's written If I'm brave and if I'm bold I can challenge what's forbidden For nobody gets to tell me That I'll never be the one When they ask you what befell me Say my story is not done Left my family in a storybook; Tell my sisters that I'm sorry I never dared a backwards look On the path to purgatory And I can't say that I'm sorry for The things I've left undone I've been on the road to glory, for My story is not done I have wandered through the carnival Seen the secret shadows dancing Counted feathers where they'd fall Taken chances not worth chancing I have counted out my jackdaws and My magpies one by one I have always been an outlaw, and My story is not done It's not done until it's told It's not told until it's written If I'm brave and if I'm bold I can challenge what's forbidden For nobody gets to tell me That I'll never be the one When they ask you what befell me Say my story is not done So come on all you fox-girls and you ghost-girls And you pretty pirates Come on all you wild girls and you lost girls And you shrinking violets Come and pay the piper, say you'll leave their war unwon It's only words on paper, and your story is not done I was born into a fairy tale Never tried to find Prince Charming Had a different ship to sail Didn't find the waves alarming For nobody gets to tell me If I've lost of if I've won When they ask you what befell me Say my story is not done